i think he would think what baghdadi is doing is good in that regard.ven though baghdadi says he is beheading westerners to keep us out of iraq and syria, it is clear that he really wants us there and indeed, needs us there to fulfill his narrative about the final battle and the end times. brian: zawahri, where is he? jessica: i assume he is in pakistan. brian: we haven't found him? jessica: i can't speak to the government. i don't know personally who he is. brian: he is head of al qaeda now. we will run some videos of people can see what he looks like. brian: what is your sense of why , what are they trying to do? what's the point? jessica: baghdadi's point is to spread this caliphate around the whole world. that is his fantasy. that he will be able to establish a sharia-based state under his leadership around the world. but he also is trying to fulfill a narrative about the end times and the apocalypse. brian: so sharia law, have you studied that? jessica: no, i really haven't. i understand it only as much as terrorists try to promote it. brian: we ha

is baghdadi a caliph? jessica: he is self-anointed.n order to take on that role, he needed to be a descendent of the prophet. he claims he is. brian: what is the difference between, i know sunnis are dominant in the world. 1.6 billion muslims. and the shia. what is the difference between those two? jessica: they have different practices. from the perspective of isis one of the most important differences is that shia have monuments, they have holy, i am sorry, i shouldn't go into this. i have that in the glossary. i am sorry you're going to have , to cut this out. i just -- brian: tell me about the glossary. jessica: we have it in the appendix of the glossary. i had a doctoral student write this. brian: how did you approach this from the very beginning? jessica: i am not a scholar of islam. i am a scholar of terrorists. i can talk about terrorists from across religions, but i am not a religious scholar. in order to write the book, i got a scholar of religion to teach people about the differences. brian: what part did the scholar write?

we were also following when the zawahri kicked baghdadi out. so, we knew something about it but neither of us was planning on writing the book. we had been writing articles about it. we tried to figure out what was most important for people to know about this group, is it really --is not really new but has a new name and a new mission. brian: if osama bin laden was alive, when do you think, based on following him over the years, he would think of his success? would he feel successful? jessica: i don't think bin laden would be very happy with isis. i don't think he would be happy with the way they are killing so many muslims. in fact, zawahri, his deputy wrote to zarqawi, the leader of al qaeda in iraq, and said, this is not good for our image. bin laden was very concerned about the image of al qaeda. he thought that killing muslims was harming the image of al qaeda. it is pretty clear he would not have been happy with the direction that baghdadi has taken isis. brian: what do you think his feeling would be about the impact he has had on this co

the source says al baghdadi is recovering. this is not the first time reporting an attack injured or killed the terrorist leader and arguing not a game-changer had he died. not that it's not good news but not a game changer. >>> meantime iraqi forces making progress in their battle guess isis. against isis. 's the iraqis say they've captured parts of ramadi where isis had taken overven a children's hospital. showing soldiers firing from that hospital. u.s. marines are training troops not far from there. details of the story. what else are u.s. officials saying about the report of are this isis leader badly wounded? >> reporter: the pentagon isn't denying air strikes the day al baghdadi was reportedly injured, according to a spokesman, he wasn't specifically targeted in the strikes. if that it true essentially a lucky report. there have been false reports in's past of his injured or killeded. for example, quoted last year severely injured in a raid by government forces. in krit woundcritically wounded. and also al baghdadi woun

shelling by isil fighters has killed eight iraqi soldiers in the town of al baghdadi in anbar province. thousands of families have been forced to flee there because of the fighting. residents can be seen here carrying whatever belongings they can heading towards the suburbs of baghdad. tents, food and other aid are said to be on the way. still to come for you on al jazeera. rich pickings, why there is no sign of tunisia's missing billions four years after the revolution. >> i'm jonah hull, a replica 18th century warship as she prepares to embark on her maiden voyage across the atlantic. just because i'm away from my desk doesn't mean i'm not working. comcast business understands that. their wifi isn't just fast near the router. it's fast in the break room. fast in the conference room. fast in tom's office. fast in other tom's office. fast in the foyer [pronounced foy-yer] or is it foyer [pronounced foy-yay]? fast in the hallway. i feel like i've been here before. switch now and get the fastest wifi everywhere. comcast business. built for business. >> welcome back. let's take you to the

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and, of course, this is what keeps us all awake the proclamation of a man named al-baghdadi. it if you want to say it is a religion of peace or tolerance and could be on this side or that side. and in response is the obama administration's pledge to degrade, destroy and chase to the gets of hell that particular. and even more shocking and disturbing the strome of volunteers, individual volunteers from 80 something countries to the call of al-baghdadi including many women and even pore disturbing including to citizens from the liberal west from the u.s., from france, from britain. so in 2010 when we were discussing and debating is islam a religion of peace and tolerance i could say, you know, go ahead you dear journalists a and to your research. but today, with all of these events unfolding before your very eyes, i don't think a day goes by without a headline about what is done in the name of islam that is even more shocking. the latest good friday was in kenya, i grew up in kenya. the man who masterminded that atrocity was a refugee in kenya. he went to kenya to university. h

pentagon not confirming, pentagon not confirming the death of al-baghdadi.eports are confirming that the isis leader was hit in an airstrike. meanwhile the fbi is warning isis followers are targeting american soil. with california being singled out as one possible target. here to discuss, gregg jarrett, of fox news. we have jon podhoretz of "the new york post." i like calledcalling him j of pod. judy miller author of the story. fox news contributor. john, j of pod, let me start with you, what do you think of the reports on al-baghdadi not confirmed? telling fox news as recently this morning there is conflicting information out there? >> we should operate on the basis he probably isn't dead. that is the smart thing to do we know over the past decade how many times it has been reported that various terrorist leaders have been killed and they haven't. it would be a very significant thing if he were because he is clearly a kind of operational genius, this guy. he has taken, he took a completely nascent movement and took it into one that controls vast swaths of t

baghdadi. >> baghdadi. if i were given advice in baghdad, i would say take a deep breath, guys because tikrit to this very second, there is gunfire in tikrit tonight because there are still killing squads and suicide squads and ied planters in tikrit. isis is not totally defeated. it's done. there is going to be killings that will take place. what you now have is shia. look, iraqi army is predominantly shiite. you can't send shiite army and certainly not shiite militias controlled by iran into the sunni hart land of anbar province. they have got to take some of anbar province back before they move on mosul. >> if that doesn't happen. >> city of half million people. 200 some odd thousand people there second largest city in that whole part. look if there is still a month plus into the attack on tikrit, 25,000 people left in it, think how bad things are going to get before they move on mosul. >> terrible. anyway. colonel knot, thank you. >> pleasure to be with you. >> and straight ahead, iran is holding one of

in western iraq shelling in the town of baghdadi killed eight soldiers. in ramadi the capital of iraq's anbar province, i.s.i.l. fighters look set to take the city. they've been in control of 75% of the province despite air strikes by the u.s.-led coalition and the iraqi offensive announced last week. this is video of a military jet flying over i.s.i.l. positions in ramadi. >>> still to come accusations of political repression in zimbabwe and why the indigenous people of guatemala prepare their indigenous laws. >>> hello, these are the top stories here at al jazeera. the king of saudi arabia is ordering $274 million of humanitarian aid to be sent to yemen. that's exact amount asked for by the u.n. to give emergency help to yemenis hit by the 3-week war >>> fighters linked to i.s.i.l. are claiming responsibility for bomb blasts in eastern jalalabad. 33 were killed including government employees collecting salaries from the bank >>> migrants arrive in the sicilian port of palermo. 30,000 have been rescued by the italian coast italian coast guard as police t

and in the ideas of abu bakr al-baghdadi, and osama bin laden. it's the job of the people in the muslim world to stand up against the ideology and discredit the ideology. it's not the job of the united states or the western world. we in no credibility in talking about religion or what the real islam is about, it's the job of the people in the muslim world. unfortunately we have a sectarian issue in the middle east and a lot of sectarian conflicts are used as a proxy war between iran and countries in the region. >> a former fbi agent and integrator, good of you to come. in >>> next whether you call it torture or enhanced interrogation technics my next guest feels it works. a former official gets a chance to make his case. back in 2 minutes. >> there's heavy security everywhere >> mass killings... government corruption... misguided influence? >> i wanted people to know, this regime, was evil... >> fault lines investigates the impact of the u.s. involvement in south sudan >> fault lines al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arre

it's thought that abu bakri al-baghdadi was killed in iraqi strikes. the former general petraeus has been ordered to pay a fine of $100,000 for sharing military secrets with his mistress after the retired four-star general pled guilty to the charges. the parents of an unarmed black teenager shot dead by police in ferguson missouri, are suing reportedly seeking $75,000 in damages. the killings sparked weeks of sometimes violent protesters. you are watching "bbc wording news america." a century after armenians were rounded up and killed he -- at the height of the first world war, we look back at that dark period and the scars which remain. 1,500 people have been forced to evacuate after two separate eruptions from a volcano in chile. it hasn't been active for 42 years. reporter: it's been lying dormant 42 years but now has erupted twice in the space of a few hours. this spt gateway to patagonia, a major tourist destination. there were no signs that the volcano was about to blow its top and the government had to act quickly. >> we will expand the evacuati

ahmad khamis, a prominent local jihadi, says he respects the isis leader, abu bakr al baghdadi. >> al ahmad: back in sana'a, the capital, just a few weeks after the houthi takeover, the mood has changed. their slogans are crossed out everywhere. there were rumors the houthis are forming alliances with several tribes and political groups, including the powerful ex-president, ali saleh, still one of yemen's most powerful men. they are trying to consolidate their control, and that includes the media. i join a press trip organized by the houthis. they say they have uncovered an al qaeda bomb factory in arhab, a village outside sana'a. >> al ahmad: it's clear that the houthis want to control the message the press is putting out. >> al ahmad: the houthi media were also on hand to broadcast the official version. >> al ahmad: the houthis say they have arrested these three men for running the bomb factory. >> al ahmad: as we leave arhab we pass through the village of yahis. two boys stop our car. they want us to film a house they say was demolished by the houthis. >> al ahmad: the boys weren't

, islamic republic of iran and its worst manifestation, the islamic state founded by abu bakr al-baghdadi there is a less known concept command and forbidden koran. if you want to understand, the worst manifestation of what that looks like i would like you to revisit the images of the afghani woman who is accused of burning the koran. she did not burn the koran. she was accused of burning the koran. and some random man calls and says, this woman burns koran and a mob of men come out and lynch. that is command and forbidden koran. then of course jihad holy war. that should be replaced with holy peace. if these five amendments are made, and given the time that we have i can't delve into everyone of them but i do get into depth within the book, i think that we will have a separation of religion from politics in islam. i think that we in the west, because that is obviously the last question, what can we in the west do to help this process of reformation if anything? i would say we have to side with those individuals and those groups who are trying to bring about that kind of change. this is m

he confirmed al baghdadi was seriously wounded in the air strikes. they have no more information on his conditional. in the meantime let's take a look at who is talking. former chief of staff to president george w. bush blasting the president saying he had failed the world in the fight against isis. >> whether the president likes it or not the u.s. has to stop leading from behind, has to stop closing its eyes to these atrocities and has to stop failing to do what the united states as the only super power left could do that is to bring order and stability to a chaotic region. i can't believe that the democratic senators and democrat members of congress are willing to let the united states look like its failing and it is a responsibility of the world. they ought to be putting pressure on the president. the president has to hear the message that what he is doing of having the united states retreat instead of lead is unconscionable. >> unconcerned unrepentant and unchanged. federal prosecutors are not changing wasting any time at the hearing. the disturb

un-islamic and they shouldn't draw attention to themselves, this is no different an ideology than baghdadi's ideology with the islamic state. the difference is that turkey doesn't chop off people's heads that they use other forms of coercion to advance their perceived strategic goals. finish -- so i really put isis and turkey in the same category. when we launched the multi-national coalition, turkey agreed to sign on, but they signed on in name only. there was no agreement no implementation of the agreement to allow an air force base in southern turkey to be used as a staging ground for coalition war planes. there was an agreement to train and equip the moderate syrian opposition. here again turkey didn't implement that agreement. it was just announced ten days ago they would, in fact set up a train and equip program for 400 fighters. but even now there's confusion about what the purpose of this is. turkey's saying it's to turn against the assad regime the u.s. is saying that the train and equip program is to counter isis. when vice president joe biden goes to turkey and asks for turkey's h

on baghdadi killed eight soldiers. in ramadi the capital of anbar, i.s.i.l. fighters look set to take the city. they've been in control of 75% of the province despite air strikes by the u.s.-led collisions and an offensive announced last year. you are seeing video of a jet flying over i.s.i.l. positions. thousands left the city because of the fighting >>> christians in iraq are racing to save sol of their religions oldest artefact. thousands of manuscripts from stolen last year. >> >>> winding through the hills in non-iraq. one of christianity's most sacred sites comes into view. this is a monastery, home to a line of christian patriarchs. >> this place is from the 7th century. a lot of christian monks are buried here who followed father hermit. if i.s.i.l. reaches here, they'll destroy this place. it is important to i.s.i.l.'s history. >> reporter: 12km away is the front line with i.s.i.l. the kurds ransacked this place. this monastery is made up of a series of caves. it's been carefully preserved because this is an important pilgrimage site. few tourists co

at the top of the government is the self-declared leader of isis al baghdadi.ten ministries or councils that maintain everything from health education and religious rulings to transportation and even environmental policy. despite its medieval send of justice, in many ways isis runs a surprisingly modern bureaucracy according to terror analysts. the health department has fully operational hospitals complete with maternity wards. babies are delivered daily registered and issued with official isis birth certificates. it also runs a vaccination campaign with health workers on motorcycles delivering polio vaccine drops and shots to protect against measles, mumps, andry bulla. it also has a -- and rubella. it also has a court system that runs its strict interpation of russia rea or islamic law. theft, for example is, publishable by chopping off -- punishable by chopping off a hand. handles everything from violations to rental disputes. the education department runs schools and even the university in mosul. girls receive an education, though segregated from boys. the

that's the kind of direct to baghdadi of isis. and i think the second reason is that they pose him as a jihadist but they're also emphasizing his love for nationalism. he does not talk about trying to become the leader of the world or the leader of the muslim world. he talks a lot about afghanistan. and this kind of re-establishes his, if you like, jihadist nationalist tendencyies. >> an indonesia court has rejected the last-ditch appeal by two australian convicted on death row. they are among ten prisoners due to be executed by firing squad for drug smuggling. president widodo rejected their appeals. meanwhile the philippine government is trying to save one of its citizens from execution for drug trafficking. their family is hoping for an appeal. >> this is not the kind of future they had wanted for their daughter. mary jane veloso is facing imminent execution in indonesia. she was sentenced to death in 2010 for trying to smuggle two kilograms of heroin in malaysia. >> i raised my children to be god-fearing people. i taught them

isis wants a caliphate with baghdadi at the head and baathist wanted iraq back for themselves and they that happen. now that this alliance is fraying, you're going to see infighting and perhaps you're going to see capabilities of isis decline somewhat. they are still a very lethal group and you'll see these various groups in various areas fighting perhaps on their own without overarching coordination from syria. >> when you talk about sort of the jihadists and there's obviously a lot of infighting. are we going to see what amounts to a disintegration of any cohesiveness or unity or master plan? does that work in the united states' favor or does that create a situation that is more toxic in the middle east than already exists? i'll start with you, colonel. >> i think it works in our favor. it's easier to defeat this group a piece at a time. as you begin to rollback isis they'll turn on themselves. who is at fault for the defeat? why aren't we winning? why aren't we advancing anymore. as they turn in on themselves various parts of the islamic state become vulnerable to attacks. >> all ri

when al baghdadi was in prison, he was able to create alliances with them after he got out of jail.ed independently from isis but his group supported isis when they took control of mosul last june and all these other iraqi towns as well. and it's by no means confirmed that he's being killed. he's been reported dead or captured many times before. >> colonel, you know, when we have conversations about when leaders have been taken out, it does beg the question when you talk about insurgencies, the impact that has on the organization. when you -- if these leaders are taken out, is it more symbolic if al douri is captured or killed or does it have an impact on the organization on the ground? >> it will have an impact. every time you kill a leader of one of these terrorists organizations, they are replaced. they have a deep bench. the replacement generally isn't as competent as the one that's been removed. it impacts the organization. paul brings up good points about the actual relationship between al douri and isis. this will impact a lot of sunnis that are supporting isis as we know thi

we're the crusaders in their eyes the defenders of the cross as al-baghdadi isis leader has called america. they believe we're the modern day crusaders and the crusader army is epitomized by the u.s. military. so every time -- not every time but many, many times when you see these isis plots broken up, they're targeting u.s. military installations when they're broken up here in the west. many many times targeting soldiers and in the cyber realm as well. i forget the second part of your question, i'm sure it was profound. funding, it is profound. a few ways, money makes the world go round, right? few ways: private donors from the persian gulf region, saudi arabia, the emirates etc., private wealthy donors there who are sympathetic to the jihad pouring money into iraq and syria into the isis coffers. another way they're doing it is by looting an ting bities -- can antiquities. we have jonah's tomb, the prophet daniel's tomb in iraq and some parts of syria have biblical significance can. and isis will seize antiquities, and they'll sell them. another thing they're doing is they're good old-fa